Mark, Here's something for you to consider:
"When buddhas look at the world, they don't _see_ solidity. They don't _see_ selves_. They see only flux. "This is not to say that the awakened no longer see forms like the rest of us. They do. But they _see_ forms --- or, rather, "formness" --- as illusory. They _see_ that all things arise together. They _see_ that the apparent existence of anything is dependent on all that it is not. And they _see_ this dependence as nothing other than change and motion themselves. "The Buddha called this phenomena dependent arising. Dependent arising is the formula, "When this arises, that becomes." When the days lengthen, spring flowers bloom. When days shorten, autumn colors appear and leaves fall from the trees. Spring flowers are inseparable from lengthening days; autumn colors are inseparable from days of less and less light. Indeed, spring flowers _are_ the longer days; fall colors _are_ the shorter days. In Reality, all phenomena work together as a seamless whole. "Dependent arising is not vague, mystical, remote, intellectual stuff. The buddha-dharma is very practical and down-to-earth. Just pay very close attention to your actual experience, and you'll _see_ it for yourself." (Hagen, Steve, ‘Buddhism: Plain and Simple’, p.146) On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:15 PM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark: > Given the nature of your response to me and Jan Anders, I can see that you > only wish to find fault in others. > > Can you not participate without being bitchy? > > Why can't first answer the questions rather than always being on the attack? > You come across as a very resentful. What happened to you that you are this > way? Surely you can't have any close friends, the way you treat people. > > > Mark > > On Oct 14, 2012, at 9:11 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Mark >> >> >> Marsha > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
